The Sun. — London, England, 1808-09-27 00:00:00

MAILS. i) . ItRIV4D-ILeewatd . lsland, , Gotteliburgh, Dublin, 2 Waterford. !'RICE OF STOCKS THIS .DAY AT TWEIVS O'CLOCf.. CULSOIS -65 i I . O . IIIIHUM . 2i dis. T H E .S U N. dOLIM - QUIS DICIRZ 1 ALSUM AUDLAT ? • LONDON, TLIE3DAY, SEPTEMBEII. 27, 1808. Tins morning dispatches were received at the Admiralty froth Admiral COCHRANE, in the West Indies, dated• the latter end of August They state, that the most perfea 'cordiality subsisted between tfie British and the SpanirdVin that quarter, and that .the latter , Were resolved to ,Co-operate with their countrymen in Europe in resisting the un principled aggressions of BUONAPARTE. It is to be hoped that before the private baggage of TIJNOT be shiPped, it will:at least undergo the for mality of a Custom-house search : it is not to be supposed thai : any Article of the Portugal Conven tion can be Construed to sanaion the plunder of the churches and of individuals, of which the Par . tuguese have so publicly declared him to be guilty. The detention of DUPONT, as a prisoner, in the light-house of Cadi.,•by the Spaniards, is ()Wing, not to the mere charge of his abornicable robberies,. but to the aaual detection 'of the booty among his pri6te baggage; of this fa& not a single doubt can be entertained. The following is an Extraa from a Letter from an Officer in Lord CoLuNdwooo's Fleet 'OpOn this , subject : " Admiral Punvis and myself accompanied Lord COLLINGWOOD on a, visit to General MORLA, on Friday last, when he took us to the Custom House,. to inspea five of DUPONT'S large trunks, which were a&ually filled with church plate, and other valuable articles, the plunder of private families. Among the latter was a cross of very great value, belonging to the Bishop of Toledo," - ' • • After such a discovery, whatbetiei*e does such •a vagabond deserve, than to, be shut up for the re mainder of his days in a dark dungeon, instead of a light house ? Indeed so justly exasperated' were the populace on hearing that the spoils had been found upon - him, that, although it was intended his whole army shOuld march thrOugh Xeres, in their way to Cadiz, the inhabitants sent a public decla ration, 'that they would put every man to death if they approached within three leagues of that place. At St. Mary's, a stone had nearly-t - tispatched DCrotiT. On his arrival at Cadiz, - he was sent fOr security on board one of the Spanish Ships of War, but the crew ibittinied, and declared they would throw him over board, if not immediately . sent on shore. , From ; ht_ nee he, w,as couveyed to the Light-house, where he still remained when the last accounts came away. We would ask, Is JUNdi', ; if guilty Ofthe atroci ties ascribed to bim, desepiipg of .a-better fate than Durn'tsrr.? Is sacrilege a crime, morepardonable in ortugal than in Spain We have received some Spani-h Pariers, contain ing inteiligence to the 16th inst. extra&s from which will be found in a subsequent ,volumn. It is with much gratification we learn, that the part we have taken with regard to the - Convention bet weemour Commanders in Portugal and the French General, has met with the approbation of the Pub lac in general. We were persuaded . that all the liberal part of the Public would - haVe jaded as we did, because it is a leading principle with Britons not to give way too violently to censure, till. they have heard what . thue •who are s c used of delinquency have te . offer in their defence. Though we have not attempted to vindicate the Convention, .yet we have suggested reasons [CA :slim that, it is possible that substantial grounds of defence may be urged,,but w- havo recsiutely refrained.frorn all that bitter per sHality and invective by which the charnaers of the enons concerned in that Convention have been So. ve;.ernently, (uric) usly, and unceasingly assailed in the wibli.:Jourpals. It is a well known maxim, that the honour of a soldier is as delicate as that of a Lady, and ought.not tobeeven suspeCted• without the strongest grounds of' probability, The. i.ihara(. ( lerof the Bri tlsh Officer to whOITI the Cle . qA. pf the, French in Portutal is to be' chiefly, if not' wholly asgibed, has bid,erto - stood so high, thaC hi : s - f6knier : services ou,4.ht surely to entitle him to a candid forbearance, if not to a generotis• credit, till, the subje& is fully submitted to the public at large, and there is suffi - .cieht ground for a fair and just decision. But. the Adversaries of this Convention, who indulge them selves in headlong and indiscriminate censure, 'are not satisfied with abusing the authors of it, but are now endeavouring to make it a, matter of difference between this countrylind Portugal.' So . My., whatever reason the people of Great la'fi tkin may - have to think 'unfavourably of the ConvelifiZia; in'ariCh as it ap pears to be wholly inadequate to the signal triumph of our arms in Portugal, it 'is in the highest kgrce absurd to attempt to lessen that sense of gr.ttittAand jus tice which the Portuguese'ought to frel At , the,..101- portant benefit which they have derived from this Country. The Convention was highly beneficial to them, if it was not equal to what the valour of Englishmen had a right to.expea. Their Coun try has been cleared of an oppressive, cruel, and rapacious Enemy, and they are now under Else protection of their generous deliverers. Their' capital has been 'spared,- which might otherwise have 'been reduced to ashes, if the Enemy had - been ••, forced to the utmost extremity.' Their own lives,' as well as those of the foe, mighlhave been exposed to all the horrors of continued. warfare, and they might have been reduced. to the most dreadful pri vations. Admitting the vexation and the disgust which they must feel, in seeingso much of their property carried away by their 'Plunderers, it was a, trifle compared to the removal of those Plun derers ; and, therefore, thetigh . the Convention may not be as good -as it ought to be, still it was highly desirable to themselves. The attempts; thet=e fore, to render them,aissatiSfied with the conduEt of this Country, can be. considered as nothing, but the, result of a Party-spirit, that is insensible of the ho nour and interest of/ the Empire. On the other `hand, it must be,acknowledged, that if warfare had been prolonged, though we might have•occasioned great ckstruaion among the French, weajmuld most probably' have purchased the final surrender Of such - an, arrogant and obstinate Commander as JUNOT, a man utterly careless of human ,blood, at the ex pence of many of clur gallant Countrymen, and who, notwithstaniug all that has-been said' tolite contrary, might have been reduced to severe privations. Be sides, we have rendered important service tO Spain, by the reduction of the. French army 'in Portugal; not only ,by the removal •of that army, but :by , the opportunity Which p it afforded of de - tachin o—British toy cos to • the assistance .of th e heroic Spaniards, and enabling them to rid their Country of their pretended Monarch, and his horde of ruffians. But we are shocked,- to find that the Opponents Of Govern - mem are not consented to re: •_ vile the_ Convention, and to invoke vengeance upon the authors of it, before they are heard in their defence, but attempts are made'even to lessen 1 , e credit of our gallant army itself, Who, it.io .sztid, hae little to boast; as they, engaged with an inferior force. It is well known, that though our army was larpr, than that of the Enemy, only'a part of'the British , 'couid employed on the oeemsion, and -that the number of our countrymen Raul-illy engaged' was 'less than .that of the French ; and yet they gained sOch a victory as will render the .latter somewhat more reluatant to expose themsehres -again to the etteets,•of Blitish Prowess.—To conclude, we; are not acivoe'ates for the Convention, .but . we'are advecaies' for justice, for liberality,:for candour, and for a •sus pension of censure, till there is a positive demon stration of guiltNi A Gentleman who left. Gottenburgh by the last Packet, state'. •'sat before his depai - ture it was very ed that a - proposition of a pacitic,na7 current]; oe,:u Made by the Court Of St.' Petersburgh to that of , Stockholm.. We are not enabled at pre sent to confirm this report, but' we are far from thinking it improbable. The influence winch the French Ambasajor, CAvtaNCOURT, possesses over the Emperor ALEXANDER,• cannot' blind him to the treacherous and atrocious con(;,icl of BUONAPARTE towards Spain, nor to the general discontent wind) the war with England has excited in every pirt of Russi'a 7 .-disconient which has in some instances been loudly and unequivocally expressed. But BUONA PARTE had so completely enveloped ALEXAtiDEttin his toils, that it was almost impossible for him.to, extricate himself..- -The unjust . and impolitic war with Sweden occupied a eonsiderable portion of the Russian Army, while the. French retained' so very large a force on the Russian frontiers, that the ad vice which CAutANconuT gave to thei:Russian Go vernment must have had very much the appearance of a command. FortupatelY,. however, the faCe of affairs in Europe has undergone a most material change within these few . months. The gallant exertions of Spain, and the formidable and menacing. aspeCt of Austria, will occupy the attention of al , Most - the whole military force of France, and the, EMPEROR of RUSSIA play, now recover that inde-. pendence which he sacrificed by the .unfortnnate Treaty of Tilsit. t - . . YeSterday morning his MAJESTV, Prince s s es S o - Pt~ta, AUGUSTA, and AMELIA, accomptinied by Lady HOWE, Count MUNSTgit, Hon. Mr. BOCKLEY, Co- lonels HARCOURT and FiTzttov, and Cohwel TAY- Lok, rode jttlYindsOr Paris; and . retntned .nt twels e. Friday a Cabinet Council was held - at 'All - . CA NING'S Office; which was ati‘ended by the Doke of PORTLANIS, Lord HAVKKESBUitY, LIrIS CO ATHA and BATHU RST, Lords M. LinOn VE. IOiC A 1: EA El, the Chancellor of the• Exchequer, and M i - ; NING. The Portuguese Ambassador also attended. '. The harvest in the North of ScatlJnd; we"are happy to' say, has been one of the' earliest even re- membered, and the crops_have been unusually heavy, and abundant. NAVAL NEWS, , PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. '26.--Yesterday arrived the Ch futon, ROWTONT,,fot Malta ; Queen CharZotte, AN DR EWS, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Hannah. DOUGLAS ; arid 'Thomas and Hannah, -, f om the Dow E. , - , Sailed, this day, the Pelonzs Brig, with a convoy for Falmouth. • SHEERNESS, SEPT. 22.—Sailed the Leveret Sloop of War, with a large Convoy for Gottenbargh. Cap tain EVANS wa superseded before she sailed, by Capt..B..CRISPIN, being appointed to the Satellite, • for foreign service. SEPT. 23.—This day a Court Martial ,was held to try a Lieutenant of his Majesty's Ship Ned Elvin., for disobedience of orders ; and thertharge being proved, he was,rekirnanded and dismissed thOli - ip. Also a Seaivan, for robbery; he was sentenced to receive 200 lashes, and , six months golitark confine- went in the.Marshalka. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 24.—Arrived the Prince Adol phus Packet, from Tortola, .in 35 days; and Mary, KEMBLE, frbtri Teneritfe. Sailed the Atueficati Brig Enter Prise, NUVELL, for Cadiz. Several Vessels are coming in, said to be Trans ports to join the Expedition here. DEAL, SEPT. 26.—Sailed the Clyde Frigate on a cruize. - Arrived the Bustard Sloop of War froin a cruize, and remain with the Ships as p'er last. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 24. - On Satnrday twentp•six capital charger's wereem barked here, for Portugal, On board the Apot/o ) -of Scarborough, lransport, which sailed on Sutiday• morning to join the•convoyat •Spithead. The eighteenth annual prizes, given by G. H. RosE, Esq. one of the Representatives'of this town, were sailed for on Saturday last, and won by the Itchin ferry-boats. It was a pleasing= sight; • the NO - hid and weather were faVvrable, and a genteel as semblage of speatators were present. • ' A Letter from an Officer in Sir CHARLES COT . TON'S Fleet, says—" We are more in the dark in Portuguese politiCs than you are. Captain Hot.— SAM dined a few days ago with General JUNOT. He has made us stare with an accountof the princely magnificence of the General's houtse. Every thorn is. hung with crimson velvet and gold fringe. All the •Generals are' covered with gold lace, and statsof different order:;. .The dinner was served• up in gold plate of immense weight. Captain HOLSAM was plentifully served with the richest wines, and all his •expressions 'were most closely watched. Sir C. COTTON did not.choose to commit himself, but sent Captain HOLSAM. We cannot conceive that Sir CHARLES will suffer the plundered 'property to be sent to France. No Convention can justify it. Our Commanding Officers would ,subject themselves to equal detestation as the French ; for is not lie that permits, as bad as he who commits, the crime ?" An order was issued on Moutiayise'nnight, from Admiral Warrstimis Office, at the Cove of Cork, for the sailing of the transports, &c. on the follow ing day at' twelve o'cloCk. This compact little army 'consists of 5680 men and 300 artillery horses. The day previous to the order for embark ation (Stinday) a detachment of artillery marched frdm P'ermoY to Passage, a distance of twentyeto. Irish miles, incuntbered by their packs, ca,,-p Iles, and other light necessaries, and th 61.17, 11 the ,day was more than usually hot, they artved at their journey's e,,nd by three o'clock in the afternoon. In a short time after these brav;e fellow's embarked. The whole is to proceed to thezeneral rendezvous,. Falmouth, where there are already about 6000 troops, horse and foot. These will be increased by fw:ther. arrivals from the -Elstwarn, and also, we are told, ü b l y s. . R tl ; A l N o A ,o , o f o rom pat t r l i l t e )t t ic A S ti p e a . ni r a r r i d ie s , u , n b c o le le r the Maui Expedition, it is said, will amount to 20,000 British .- and 10,000 Spanish troops.—" The Duke of . YORK," says the .Fahnouth Paper, '' is empected at Falmouth, to go out Commander Chief of all the • British force s to be employed in Spain." _ The Flushing Squadron, under the command of . - near-Adrnirel GARDNER, returned to the Downs on Sunday, in eonsequence . of a gale of wind, which drove our Ships* from their station. - The Fisszard Frigate anti two Brigs were, however, left to, watch the enemy's Fleet in Flushing, which has come down, and appears ready for sea ; it consists of nine Sail-of the Line, one 50-gun Ship, a large guard ..ship, two Frigates, and some smaller 'TesSels., By accounts received at Hull, from Petersburgh,‘' we are assured' that, up to the 2,lst ult. not more than twelve vessels had entered that port since the com mencement of the year. Mercantile men at Peters burgh, and time Nobles at Moscow, m , ere highly dissatisfied with the measures of Government, 4111 d 'the French were.held in univeridl detestation among all ranks of people. Goods i of various descriptions Were conveying from different parts of the interior to Archangel, at an eno?mons expence, in the hope that they might be shipped from thence with More • By the vessel which arrived yesterday from Cadiz, we have . received a letter, stating that the plunder 'found in the possession of •DiJPoNT and his army was publicly'exhibited at the Custom : hon:e of th.lt City, for the purpose of •asSuring the Citizens that such plunder had been made in 4ain. Among the articles.of plunder were a number of vases, crucifixes, and other articles•of that' description, stolen from the Spanish chapels; there are also some bags of gold coin, termed . Napoien, which were sent toDurowr, no doubt, for 'the purpose of corruption. The Portuguese Patriots ‘Vear a cockade, 'having the' English, Spanish, and Portuguese national cockades united w the one; the motto is " Kim ; li i tiwipe R. S." In E ng li s h, " L ong, liVe. th'e *Prince Regent, our Lord." After the battle - Of . Vitniera, Noblemen, Gentlemen, and. dignified Qlergymen, were Seen carrying the wounded Erig 7 , tu- the hospitals. HE I'LTEA "RE. King 's. The public,, we are persuade:l, will syr ' -r hize; With us in the • pleasure which . we, feel in stating, .that thb opening of the-Opera House last night, un der the dire& ion of the Proprietors of the late Theatre in:,Covent Garden, was attended by a v.cry TOWS audience. Before the curtain drew up, " God , Save the King" was performed in the Orchestra, the ...audience standing,-in testimony of their revea and affetlion for their venerable Sovereign, and express ing their pleasure by loud and universal plaudits. As soon as'the curtain arose, Mr. KEMB LE came' forward in full-dress. He was received with ttl'e warmest marks of approbation, which for Some thud prevented 110 speaking ; ant operated pa strongly upon his feelings as almost to preve4t him from speaking at all. At length ,when the general zeal of the au dience abated, and he.was able to subdue his agita tion, be addressed them nearly in the following man iner • ‘! •LADIES AND OtNTLEZ.IEg, not in lily power to express the very high sense of gratittniewhicb the kind reception I have just ekperience.t has excitedin my heart, but be assured, that however wurfs 'AnitylA me, can never be wanting in the gratitud.: which is clue for your patronage on .many former occasions, and still/ more particularly for.your favour on the•ocurrence of that calamitous event which is the cause (dour opening the King's • Theatre this evening. My objett, Ladies and Gentlemen, in, presenting myself before•you now, is to address to you a few words on the subject of our appearance here. The Theatre . 01 the 1 titian Opera, we are well aware, is not provided witb all those conveyences with which it has bees the custom to assist the works of our owin Poets, and we therefore have £ 0 intreat your tnvour tor those ina.curacies and ditliculti e which must necessarily occur as to 4enery, dresses, and de corations in some of the plays. At the same tune -we be to assure you; that this indulgence. shall be claimed as seldom , and for as short a time as 'possible: for the perpetual appeal to indulgence is indeed the abuse of it. You perceive that 1 10 time has been lost in adapting this house, though in a neces sarily.imperfe6t manner, for the continuance of your amuse ments: and the Proprietors are already occupied in pre pa ra tions for constructing a new Theatre, which they trust will, by next September, be worthy of your attendance and pa tronage, and rise an appropriate ornament to the Metropolis Of the British Empire." This Address was received with the most flattering tokens of approbation in all parts of the Theatre, and continUed for some time after Mr. • KEMBLE had 'quitted the stage. The Tragedy of Douglas fol.. lowod, and was supported by the usual performers, with the exception•of BAERYMORE, , who took the part of Glenalvon, in consequence of the absence of COOKE. He was received very well on his entrance, and during the performance. Mrs. -SIDDONS dis played her'accustonied excellence in Lady Randolph, Na Mr. C. K EMELE was hi g hl y an i mate d i n Y ou ng orval. POPE acquitted himself ably in the Stranger" and the Play altogether went off very successfully . The Afterpiece was Rosina. The Dukes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE, and mnnY of the higher Circle were present. The Theatre presented a beautiful coup d'ceil ; and the removail of the partitions in the lower boxes, rendered it ,fiery commodious. The Pitt and Gallery were crOuded• There were but few of the private boxes unoccu pied: -It 'had been invidiously reported that the. prices of adrnissron were to be raised, but notwithstanding the vast augmentation of expence which attends the per t-cm-Mai-ices at , this Theatre, and the greater propor tion .of free visitors, no such advance was in con' templation. The Windsor Tile 2 t re c l ose d tor 'the seaso"ugt - - tv night. Mrs.- Mu nin , who been a gre at f a vpor l at hat place, s p o k e a f arewell address on the occ4l. slot], and excited' much sympaihy a..d applat o4 ' This Lady is soon •to make lier appeal-duct. at plu r)A lane Theatre. . . The younger BOLOGNA is one of the suff-acts by the late dreadful fire. His talents as an artist are well-known ; and he had'prepar e d a vast number (A , drawings and models for scenery and pantotnimiC mactiinery, all of which fell in the general wreck. Among the articles saved from the elf:as Of the fire ;which destroyed Covent Garden Theatre, not. the-least remarkable is the Cap of Liberty, whic h used to be suspended over Inc bead of the Chair man of the Beef-steak Club. This curious which was presented to the Club by the celebrated JOHN WILIUS, wasdug out of the ruins onSatur day, .‘,viLhout having received the slightest injury.— A very large gridirdm, • belonging to the Club, and which is nearly a century old, has .also been re' covered. . . . Mr. T. Dulnltg presented, a Play last Soso" to t Covent Garden Th ea t re , on t h e same stor y a; , e gn which Mr. SKE'eFINGTO'S built his play Pi , 1- Mote , riousillother. The original was' in Fren "' Mr..DIOIN'S drama was to ha ve been brought, for ward last season, but was deferred in order to bo one of the early novelties of the present season at the Opera House. Viscount CHETWYND was introduced to his MA' JESTY•9II Wednesday b y Earl miIEN , and Sir S' Coi - rqgt.L, on his being appointed one the Clerks ef, the Council in - Ordinary. Fl:s Lordship has been many years an extra Clerk of the Council. . Government is under contrast with Mr. of Fenchurcli.strect, to provide 524,000 soils 0 ' clothes (green) for the Sp an i s h P atr i ots . Nyo., deritand these articles are to be delivered nog week" The fortress of •Komorn, in Hungary, • which 14 .. now constructing under the direaion• of Field-Ma r i shal CIIASTELLER, will, Wile', convicted, be one f. the strongest in Eur o p e . o Captain C----,, who lately died in the Rules the King's-Bench, is the only illstanCe of any GO.' t 4! L tpi.lo, having been, detained there so long for a b l3ll ' lar ,v4r4itt opi•SSoll POE;ON.----TiliS Gentleman, who ,:- one,of.the greatest scholars in Europe, and partior lasly in knowledge of the Greek .a lip age, d i e d on .Sunday last, at the L ou d on i nstitut i on, of which i t ': was Librarian. Unhappily hi s pru d ence was correspondent with his talents, and a devotion W t ... .the bottle had gradu a lly b een prepar i ng t h at s tate °. health which was e x pec t e d to puta perio d to long ago. He was social and entertaining in Ylic :/t(1" life ; nor was there the pride of the schoia'r °bier-v:5 ble , in his general i n t ercourse ' w i t h society . much to be regretted that his greatialents and l oc.: - found attainmenis should th.us have deAroved,, iii the meridian of life, 'a man Who might oChorw' se have been the luminary of literattire and Science. Diedyesterc.oy, at his bouse, No.. 3 (-,Upper flarleYd street, in the 74th year of ~is age, greatly regre l ' e by allahri had,the pleasdre of knowing him, AAP' INGE STACEY, Esq. H e was at elegant scholar, aO 3 ati urate historian, a n agreeable con/ incerc friend,, and an excell e nt titan. panioo,